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It is one thing to hop on the internet and complain about the system (like we are doing now), but another to actually do something about it.
Unionizing - and then actually striking for better pay and conditions - are the most immediate ways to move the ball. As he says, workers have not historically improved their conditions by working harder, but by refusing to work en masse.